The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-05-21
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

The quail ID the Sre"'oS' o"ony "
ehinch bug.
'Mr George I. Powell calls Good
10" the best veterinarian.
The Practica! Farmer says that
should be covered in depth in pro.
,tion to the capacity Of soils to re-
IA moisture.
Sheep in the field seek the highest
halls for sleeping places. These are
sner,lly poor, but sheep will soon
',;ch them. The grass is sweeter
I.rr. and the sheep arc most healthy
such localities. st. Louis Republic.
One Of the means to be employed
. The future to make Of the sorghum
,dustry a success is to get pure good
-, seed well saved, thoroughly
lesued, true to name, and hat will
nature at different periods to suit the
~hayenience Of the grinder. San Fran
4iHo Chronicle.
"A man can hack a living out Of tn.
and by doing just exactly as his
randfather did, but he will appear in
business beside his reading and stnl.
ous neighbor about as he would apes,
beside him socially if he wore his grand.
sther's old clothes. -Raral Neu
Yorker.
Seed is capital. The best seed. in
The best soil, with the best manure,
containing all, and the best elements
|of plant life and growth, is the best in.
|ustment that can be made with .
view Of obtaining the best crop from
1.-The land, and it matters not what that
crop is to DO.
-When a farmer begins warfare
upon the plantain family in his mead.
ows and pastures he must expect a
long contest, and that every point Of
gained will be held only by
effort, the final triumph to be
we'll earned by a struggle rarely ended
the first year. Troy Times.
In the opinion of the C~ultivator Il
IS q mistake to fatten sows for killir I
,fter their first or second litter of pigs
Yes, in most cases this will be a great
The litters improve in size
md quality as the sow grows older.
I she is q good mother, her milk will
llso increase until she is three or fou,
'ears old, and has got all the growtl
t which she is capable.
The time has passed when cheaI
neat production will be mainly due, a.
t has been, to cheap lands and food
hat cost little or nothing. 1t is likely
bat, in a long series of years, all kinds
I meat will be dearer than they have
cen. If feeders gain, it will be due
'ss to natural advantages for which
hey are not responsible, than to their
wn skill and good management.
here is yet on immense deal to learn.
s is shown at all the fat stock exhibit.
ons. -Ezchange.
Prof. w. ]. Green. of the Ohio Az.
cultural Experiment Station. con-
ucted last year a series Of expert.
tents designed to show which kinds OF
liant food would produce the best
Of potatoes. Without entering
pom details. it may be said that the
lghest yield was produced from com.
lete potato fertilizers Give hundred
'unds per acre), and the next highest
ON stable manure, ten tons per acre.
Chicago Journal.
The practice of breeding in-and-ln
very disastrous to the constitution Of
fowls, and it will not take many
'nerations to show its hurtful effects.
he breeder should always provide for
choice lot Of cockerels of q different
rain from the one he is breeding, and
US have anew set Of first-class breed.
$ each year. Strong. healthy chicks
not be secured without the infusion
good foreign blood into the flock.
ID In factthis is an important feature
the breeding Of live stock Of any
nd. --N1ki0nnl Y;pnv